INDIAN INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE SIMON COMMISSION October 30, 1928:   The Simon Commission arrived in Lahore where it was met by protesters waving black flags. The Lahore protest was led by Indian nationalist Lala Lajpat Rai, who had moved a resolution against the Commission in the Legislative Assembly of Punjab in February 1928. In order to make way for the Commission, the local police force began beating protestors with their sticks.